Certified Grief Counselor: Specializing in Grief and Loss
Compassionately supporting, teaching, and advocating for those in grief. I work with grief of all kinds: Death and loss, divorce or breakups, incurable illness, terminal illness, missing persons, suicide, love that was unmet, environmental grief, etc. I also provide grief education.
Grief. Though rarely sought out is a capacity as necessary to our emotional and communal well-being as the ability to love. It is above all a human process. Grief is not meant to be endured in isolation. And intentional, conscious grieving is a skill that many of us must learn. Providing support and guidance in this process is both an honor and a calling and something which continues to inspire me towards a greater learning.
In working with all forms of grief I have come to understand that grief not only shapes us, but can become a transformative process if we allow it. While something both learned and discovered, the capacity of grief is to connect us to ourselves, our relationships, and to life in a deeper, more honest manner. Its invitation is to orient us towards truth, compassion, and connection. And teaches us allowance and capacity in the most difficult of waters which can be ferocious, isolating, and overwhelming. Waters that can subsume. This is a hard won, messy, and imperfect journey. An endurance event. On our way we need support, nourishment, and capacity towards orienting to this new way of living. This new life we never asked for, but which is. And how we can carry the many accompanying emotions forward in a way that is generative.
As one who has learned grief through my own experiences of devastation (as well as professionally), I believe that I am not able to take anyone where I have not been myself. And continue to learn, grow, teach, and be widened by this thing called grieving. I am truly honored to support you where you are.
Credentials:
LPC
Certified Grief Counselor, CGC
Certified in EMDR
Trained in Grief Ritual
Trained in Mindful Self-Compassion for Shame
Therapy Specialties include:
Grief and Loss
Grief Ritual
Trauma and PTSD
Crisis Management
Mindful Self-Compassion
Life Transitions
Life Review and Legacy work
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
EMDR
Existential Struggles
Shame
Mindfulness/Meditation/Embodiment
Anxiety/Depression
Availability:
In office Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays